diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index fe3f317..3cfd000 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -898,6 +898,7 @@ class GitCommandManager {
     }
     init() {
         return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+            yield this.config('init.defaultBranch', 'main', true, true);
             yield this.execGit(['init', this.workingDirectory]);
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/git-command-manager.ts b/src/git-command-manager.ts
index f5ba40e..978121d 100644
--- a/src/git-command-manager.ts
+++ b/src/git-command-manager.ts
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ class GitCommandManager {
   }
 
   async init(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.config('init.defaultBranch', 'main', true, true)
     await this.execGit(['init', this.workingDirectory])
   }